Excelsior Correspondent
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JAMMU, Nov 24: The SVEEP Campaign Club of the Govt College of Education, Canal Road organized SVEEP campaign program today in the college premises.
Ajeet Kumar Sahu, District Development Commissioner Jammu, was the chief guest on the occasion. A series of program began with plantation of sapling in the college compound followed by, oath in which staff and students of the college took pledge to cast their vote without any fear and consideration of cast creed and colour and also to motivate family members, relative, friends and public in large to have ‘ Sath Parisath’ voting in the Assembly Election. The pledge was led by Deputy Commissioner, Jammu.
While addressing the students, Mr Sahu spoke in length about the significance of voting in strengthening the democracy and also explained various steps being taken by the district administration for motivating the voters and also various facilities provided by the administration to facilitate the voters in the process.
The second phase of the program commenced with a seminar on the topic ‘ The life of democracy lies in the power of voting’, in which twelve participants presented papers which were adjudged by jury members comprising of Prof. (Dr) C.L. Shivgotra, Prof. (Dr) Md Zubair, Prof. B.L. Thakur.
The prizes to the winners, Komal Kotwal bagged 1st prize, Akriti Sharma bagged 2nd prize and 3rd prize was bagged by Monika Sharma, were distributed by the chief guest.
Earlier, the Chief guest was welcomed by Prof. (Dr) Ajeet Angral, Principal of the college, who also assured that the staff and students will leave no stone unturned in making SVEEP a big success.
Others who graced the occasssion were Naresh Kumar, R.O. Jammu west, Farooq Khan, A.R.O. Jammu west and Mohinder Singh, Principal, DIET, Jammu.
The oath was administered by Prof. (Dr) Raj Singh and Prof. Baljinder Kour. The program was compared by Prof. Ashu Jolly, NSS Program Officer, while the vote of thanks was presented by Prof. (Dr) Piyali Arora.